Archive for October, 2018

Will Solidworks unlock PLM SMB with 3DEXPERIENCE? 

Will Solidworks unlock PLM SMB with 3DEXPERIENCE? 

PLM market is tough when it comes to small and medium manufacturing companies. In my memory I have multiple attempts CAD and PLM vendors have tried to approach this market. The topic is interesting and complex. For many years, PLM vendors are stuck to provide solutions for SME that are capable…

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From PLM data to manufacturing knowledge graphs

From PLM data to manufacturing knowledge graphs

Data was always in the center of any PDM and PLM applications. The ability of PLM system to manage complex structures and information assets was one of the most important step of PLM system development and evaluation. In a nutshell, any PLM system reminds you some sort of object oriented…

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Arena PLM acquired Omnify Software: growth and cloud acquisitions

Arena PLM acquired Omnify Software: growth and cloud acquisitions

Earlier today, Arena PLM shared the news about acquisition of Omnify Software. Omnify Software mentioned on thier twitter account – we are happy to join forces with Arena PLM.  Both companies have long history of PLM development and innovation in cloud, hosted and SaaS PLM. Here is a passage from press…

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Aras PLM – agile, fast and… expensive? 

Aras PLM – agile, fast and… expensive? 

The article about how different is Aras TCO compared to other “big-boxes PLM” triggered many questions online and offline. If you want to catch up, you can do it via blog article and also on LinkedIn. The discussion on LinkedIn is more active, so check this link as well. I want to…

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Did Autodesk find how to sell PLM to mid-size businesses?

Did Autodesk find how to sell PLM to mid-size businesses?

Agreement is a hard when it comes to PLM. Ask 3 people about what is PLM and you most probably will end up with 4 or sometimes even 5 definitions. However, there is something that most of people in PLM community is agreed about – midsize business are afraid of…

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What is the real difference between Aras and traditional PLM TCO ?

What is the real difference between Aras and traditional PLM TCO ?

One of the popular discussions in PLM implementations is Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The debates about PLM TCO intensified for the last several years with introduction of new business models – open source, subscriptions and SaaS. Aras is company that first introduced unique enterprise open source model in PLM….

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New “agile” PLM development

New “agile” PLM development

My attention was caught by Facebook video where Stan Przybylinski, VP at CIMdata, was interviewed by Graeme Noseworthy at #AgileEngineering Summit. Video was shared by IBM Watson IoT (btw kudos Stan for such a great video). Watch the video below:   Stan speaks about PLM historical perspective and new trend…

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PLM, model-based enterprise, semantic web and lessons about simplicity

PLM, model-based enterprise, semantic web and lessons about simplicity

One of the trending topic in PLM these days is model driven enterprise discussion. Here are few articles to start with – PLM’s Tough Journey: From Managing Documents to the Model-Based Enterprise – TV Report by Engineering.com, Digital PLM requires a model based enterprise , PLM software future – Model driven…

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